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Kuhn, Thomas S

The structure of scientific revolutions / by Thomas S. Kuhn - 2nd ed., enl - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1970 - xii, 210 p. ; 24 cm - International encyclopedia of unified science. Foundations of the unity of science, v. 2, no. 2 . - International encyclopedia of unified science ; v. 2, no. 2 .

Includes bibliographical references

Introduction: A role for history -- The route to normal science -- The nature of normal science -- Normal science as puzzle-solving -- The priority of paradigms -- Anomaly and the emergence of scientific discoveries -- Crisis and the emergence of scientific theories -- The response to crisis -- The nature and necessity of scientific revolutions -- Revolutions as changes of world view -- The invisibility of revolutions -- The resolution of revolutions -- Progress through revolutions -- Postscript: 1969

An analysis of the history of science. Its publication was a landmark event in the sociology of knowledge, and popularized the terms paradigm and paradigm shift

ISBN: 0226458032 9780226458038 0226458040 (pbk.) 9780226458045 (pbk.)

LCCN: 70107472

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science--Philosophy
Science--History
Philosophy
Science--history
Science

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: Q175 / .K95 1970

Dewey Class. No.: 501 / K96S

National Agricultural Library Call No.: Q175 / .K95 1970

National Library of Medicine Call No.: Q 175 / K96s 1970